Global Patent Index - EP 1729432 B1

EP 1729432 B1 20081203 - Generation of a phase locked loop output signal having reduced spurious spectral components

Title (en)

Generation of a phase locked loop output signal having reduced spurious spectral components

Title (de)

Erzeugung von einem phasenverriegelten Schleifesignal mit reduzierten Störemissionen

Title (fr)

Production d'un sigla de sortie de boucle à phase asservie présentant des composantes spectrales parasites réduites

Publication

EP 1729432 B1 20081203 (EN)

Application

EP 06019202 A 20020911

Priority

  • EP 02797983 A 20020911
  • US 94984501 A 20010912

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO03024005A1] The present invention helps to mitigate and reduce the amount of interfering (e.g. RF leakage) that enter the phase detector of a phase locked loop by acting as a less than perfect sampler. This is accomplished by introducing a time jitter to the signal edges that enter the phase detector input. A phase detector can also be made to act as a less than perfect sampler by intentionally introducing an interfering signal. For example, a small interfering analog signal can be introduced with a different frequency from the reference frequency already present in the PLL. The interfering signal will cause the stable internal signal to vary slightly in time at the rate of the interfering signal frequency. It is this signal variation and jitter introduced on the signal edges entering the phase detector input that induces the phase detector to act as a less than perfect sampler.

IPC 8 full level

H04B 15/04 (2006.01); H03L 7/00 (2006.01); H03L 7/081 (2006.01); H03L 7/085 (2006.01); H03L 7/089 (2006.01); H03L 7/091 (2006.01); H03L 7/197 (2006.01); H04B 1/06 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

H03L 7/081 (2013.01 - EP US); H03L 7/0891 (2013.01 - EP US); H03L 7/1976 (2013.01 - EP US); H04B 15/04 (2013.01 - EP US)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE SK TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 03024005 A1 20030320; AT E355661 T1 20060315; AT E416522 T1 20081215; DE 60218496 D1 20070412; DE 60218496 T2 20071108; DE 60230202 D1 20090115; EP 1428335 A1 20040616; EP 1428335 B1 20070228; EP 1729432 A1 20061206; EP 1729432 B1 20081203; US 2003050030 A1 20030313; US 6952138 B2 20051004

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 0210201 W 20020911; AT 02797983 T 20020911; AT 06019202 T 20020911; DE 60218496 T 20020911; DE 60230202 T 20020911; EP 02797983 A 20020911; EP 06019202 A 20020911; US 94984501 A 20010912